Cloth measuring and computing machine.



W. E. HOSCH.

CLOTH lIVIEASURING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED H858. 1915.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

-3 SHEETS-SHEET I4 Zik- . w.. EJHOSCH. CLOTH MEASUHINGAND COMPUTINGMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEQ FEB. 8. I9l5.

W. E. HOSCH.

CLOTH MEASURINQ AND coMPumG MACHINE.

v APPLICATION FiL-ED FEB. 3.1915. 1,298,162.

Patente-(1MM. 25, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 WALTER n. Hosen, or sT. LoUIs, MISSOURI, Assmann ToMEASUREGRAPII companion sT. LOUIS, MISSOURI, a CORPORATION or MIss'oUaI.

GLQTE MEASURING AND COMPUTIN'GMACHINE.

Specification otLetters Patent. Patnged Rial. 25, 193%?,

Application filed February 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,954.

To all'whomc't may concern: y

Be it known that I, WALTER E. Hosen, a citizen of the United States,residing at city of St. Louis, State of.Missoi11i,`l1av'e invented a.certain new and useful improvement in Cloth Measuring and ComputingMachines, of which the following is a full,"

clear, and exact description, suoli as Will enable others'skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanyingadrawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is ,a perspective view of a cloth `measuring andcomputing machine of my improved construction. y

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine. v 'y F ig. 3 is a detailelevational view of certain gears and pinions forming a part of ltheoperating mechanism of the machine and showing the means employed forstopping the gearing when the indicating hands or `counter are at zero.y

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken mately on theline lf-'l of Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a Vertical section taken approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig.2.

Fig. 6 is a verticalsection taken approximately on the line 6-6 of Fig.2.

Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken mately on the line 7--7 of Fig. G.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail section taken approximately on the line 8 8or' Fig. 5, and-showing the means utilized for mark- 4ing the goodsWhile the same is in the ma'- fchine toi-indicate the point Where saidgoods is to he cut.

approxi- Fir. 9 is an elevational View of the )arts f seen looking inthedirection 'of the arrow 1n Fig. 5.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cloth n ieasuringand com- `puting machines, the principal object of my invention 'beingto provide a comparatively simple compact machine `which can beadvantageously used on the counters of retail stores for measuring allkinds of piece goods, and which machine is provided with improved meanswhichis operated automatically as the goods is passed through themachine for computing the selling price of that portion of the goodswhich is measured in the machine.

lFurthery objects of my invention are to4 approxiprovidea .machine ofthe class described .5.

with improved measuring mechanism involving a dial having two rows of.numerals.

to indicate 7ards and divisions thereof )referably inches, and toarrange apair of handsv which travel lcloclf-wise over' said dialsduring the measuring operation, thus showing to hoth operator andpurchaser the enact number of yards and inches in the measuredpiece ofgoods; to combine with the measuring' mechanism Aa price scale, andchart, which latter operates simultaneously with the measuring mechanismso as to show at the completion of the measuring operation the totalcost of thepiece oi' measured goods; .to provide means for making ashort outl in vthe edge oi' the goods at the completion of the measuringoperation so as to provide an accurate guide for the salesman whensevering the piece of measured goods from the bolt; to provide simplemeans tor restoring the indicating hands and chart to home or zeropositions and to provide a. comparatively simple inexpensive machinewherein the measuring and computing op-' erations are wholly dependentupon the movement. oi' the goods througl'r the niacin uc. therebyrequiring no special operation on vthe part oi' the salesman.

YVith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangemen( ot .par-ts,hereinafter more fully described and claimed. v f

In the ,construction of the machine as shown, a hase plate l0 serves asa support fora skeleton frame-work ll, the same comprising a series ofupright plates and posts of suitable shape to carry 'the operatingmechanism of the machine, and removably positioned on the base andinclosing the fra-.me and operating mechanism is a housing 12,preferably formed of sheet .netal.

Located inthe left hand portion oi' the top of this housing as seen inFig. Q is an elongated glazed opening 13 through which the price scaleand chart are readily visible. and located in the right hand portion oithe top of the housing is a round glazed opening l-t through which theyard and inch indicating dials .and hands are readily visible. i

vThe machine when viewed in plane is suhstantally'L-shaped `as seen inFigs. l and :2

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and the side walls of the rearward entension 12a of the housing areprovided with slots 15 which are open at their rear ends in order toreceive the edge ofthe goods, which isto be measured@ Journaled insuitable bearings 16 Fig. 7 on the left hand portion ofthe base plate 10is a shaft. 17 on the rear portieri of which is iixed a roller 18,preferably rubberefaced,

and having a circumference of predeter-r stance, units to tens, tens tohundreds, and

so on, saidl counter being located immediately adjacent to the frontwall ofthe housing 12 so that the numbered edges of the disks arevisible through aglazed opening- 22, in said front wall.

Pivotally mounted on a rod 23 Fig. 7 which is supported in theframe-work of the machine above the slots 15 isa horizontall-y disposedframe 24 in which is jonrnaled a pressurev roller 25, the same beingpreferably rubber-faced. Projecting outwardly from the frame 24 is a pin26, and bearing thereupon is the free end 'of a flat spring 27, the samebeingiixed to a bracket 28, which latter is mounted on a portion of the,frame 11. v 1

During operation of the machine, this spring 27 bears downward upon theframe 24, thereby maintaining the roller 25 with pressure on top of theroller 1 thereby holding the edge of the goods whi Jh is being measuredin close contact with e surface of said roller 18. L

Projecting forwardly from the end of the frame 24 is a-inger 29 which is'adapted to rest on top of a dog or detent 30, the same being pirotallymounted on a pin 31 which is seated in a portion -of the frame 11, andsaid dog or detent being connected to a retract-ile spring 32, thetendency of which is to swing the point of said detent toward and intoposition beneath the linger 29.5` The detent 30 is provided with afinger 33 which projects outward through an opening 34,

vthe same being formed in the left hand side wall of the housing 12.Arranged for vertical movement in this opening is a block 35 andprojecting upwardly therefrom is a pin 36 provided with a notchf37,which lat, ter -receives the finger 33.

lVhen the block 35 is moved downward., detent 3() will be actuated sb asto releaseA the linger 29 and spring 27 now being free t0 act will moveframe 24 and pressure roller A'25 downward so that the latter engagesthegoods positioned on roller 182 I'shall now describe the drivingmechanism for connecting the pointer and indieating web, and for drivingthe same from the rotary member or measuring' roller 18; also the meansfor disconnecting the meas? uring roller to permit the indicatingmecha-v nism to return to zero.

' Loosely mounted on shaft'17 in frnt of 75 end of which is connectedone end of: a retract-ile'spring 39 and fixed on the shaft, 17immediately in front of this plate is a pinion 40 which meshes with apinion 41,'the vlatter being journaled on a pin' or stud can ried bysaid plate 38.

Journaled in suitable bearings formed in the frame 11 above theforwardvportion of the shaft 17 is a shaft 42 and .fixed thereon is apinion 43 withV which pinion 41 normally engages. Journaled in suitablebearings to the side shaft 42 is a shaft 44 on the forward end of whichis fixed a pinion 45, thev same meshing with apinion 46, which `latteris lixed on the forward end of shaft 42.

Journaled in suitable bearings above shaft 44 isa shaft 47 Fig.' 4 onwhich is fixed pinion 48, the same meshing with pinion 45v andfixed'on-said 'shaft 47 adjacent to the `pinion 48 is a large pinion orgear wheel 49. his gear 'Wheel 49 meshes with a pinion 50,

projecting from la portion of the frame 11 and meshing with said pinionis a pinion 51,

'the same being carried by a shaft 52, which is-gonrnaled-in the frontportion of frame 1 1.

Arranged in the righty hand portion of frame 11 and beneath 't-.ecenterof glazed opening 14 is a post or standard 53 on which is looselymounted a beveled pinion 54, the hub of which carries a-pinion 55. Fixedon the inner end ofshat 52 is a beveledl pinion. 56 which meshes withpinion" 54.

Fixed topinions 54 and 55 is a seeve'i, the upper endof which carries aninch indica ing hand or yinter 58. Loosely mount edlon sleeve 57- is asleeve 59, the lower end `offlwhich 'carries a 'gear wheel 60 and the11py per end ofl whichl carries a ard indicating hand, or pointer 61,the same being somewhatshorter and located immediately below 'the handor pointer 58.`

Held in fixed position immediately below theglazed opening 14 andthehands 58 and one being numbered from zero to 35 inch sive andrepresenting inches, andthe inner `.dial'beng numbered from zero tolland in'- 126 l `,fdi'catjn-g-yards. .i

The outerfendof ipointerl 58 traversesa Path directly over the dialandthe outer en z of pointer 61 traverses a path immediatel over theinner dial, and thus the operator A180 the same beingjoiirnaled on astud or pin knowing the positions of the pointers or hands,.caninstantly know the amount in' meshes with pinion 55 and fixed to saidgear connected.

wheel is a pinion 66 which meshes with gear wheel 60. l

The relative sizes of the gear wheels and pinions '55, 60, 65 and 66provide for the proper ratio of speedof the sleeves 57 and 59, andconsequently provide for the proper' movementA of the yard and inchindicating hands 61 and 58.

Carried by gear wheel 60 is a stop lug 60 Fig. 3 which is adapted toengage' against van adjustable finger 60, the latter being fixed to apart offrame 11. When lug 60a enl gages this stop the various gearwheels and pinions have been moved so a's to bringthe hands 58 and 61 tozero position on the dial over which they operate.'

Fixed on shaft del Fig. 5 is a beveled pinion 67 .and meshing therewithis a beveled pinion 68, the same being carried on the 111-.

nerl end of a horizontally disposed shaft 69, which latter is journaledin a hearing 70. rlhe outer portion of this shaft 69 projects through aninset portion 71 of the right hand wall or the housing 12 and lixed onthe outer end of said -shaftis a milled disk 72.

Shaft 69 is operatedA by engaging' the disk 72 between the thumb andfinger, which operation takes place when it is desired to ascertain the.selling price of a piece of goods,

the length of which is known without passing the goods 'through themachine.

Supported in any' suitable manner immediately beneath the left handportion of the section of glass or transparent material which closes theopening 18` is 'a strip 73 of cardboard, thin Celluloid, or analogousmaterial, on which is printed a row of numerals which indicate the priceper yard of goods measured in the machine.

` Journaled in suitable bearings beneath the left hand portion of thetop of thek housing 12 are the trunnious 7st of a drum 75 and fixed toone oi' said trunnions is the inner end of 'a spiral spring 76 Fig. 4,the same being arranged in a suitable housing '7 7 to which latter theouter'end of said spring is '.lhe'tendency of thisspring is to rotatethe drinn 75 anti-clockwisc.. One edge oi a flexible member is attachedto the druin 75 and the body portion oi' said tlexible member is woundupon said drum.

.lppeuriug on the 'face of this iiexiblc member are columns of figureswhich represent the total anlounts or prices to be paid for the goodsmeasured in machine and the numbers in these rows' are spaced so that/nate fthe vprice per yard. The outer end of the iexible member 78 isattached to a drum' 79, the same having trunnions, which are mounted insuitable bearings inthe frame 11,

'and fixed on the front one of these trunnions isa pinion 80 Fig. elwhich meshes with the pinion 48.

Fixed tothe frame 1l immediately inside the right hand wall of theextension 12a and below the right hand one of' the slots 15 is anupright plate 81 Fig. 8, the same being provided with an extension 82which projects alongside of the Jforward end of roller 18 and the upperedge of this extension is sharpened 'to form a cutting edge. y

Pivot-ally mounted on plate 81 is a jaw 83 normally exerts upwardpressure against the outer portion of lever 87. Pivotally connccted tolever 87 is the lower end of a link 91, the upper end thereof beingpivotally connected to one end of a leve-r 92 Fig. 6, the sameI beingfulcrumed at 93 to a portion of the frame 11 and the rear free end ofsaid lever occupies a position beneath pin 26 Fig. 7. Pivotally mountedon bracket 88 Fig. 5 atv right angles 'to lever 87 is a lever 94, the

outer end olwhich projects through a slot SI5 F ig. in the front wall ofhousing 12. and the rear end of this lever is pivotally connectcdfto thelower end of plate 88 Fig. 6.

lWhen the outer end of'lever 94cis depressed, plate 38 is swung uponshaft 17 so as to disengage pinions 41 and 43 Fig. 5.

My improved machine can be fixed to a counter or the like, or it may beunattached and free to be moved from place to place to suit requirementsot' thestore keeper.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows:

lVhen the machine is ready for use, thc hands or pointers and 61 are atthe zero marks on the dial'immediately below the glazed opening 14, andthe chart or flexible member 78 wound on drum 75. Pressure roller 25 isheld in elevated position as seen in Fig'. 7 by the engagement of theupper end of dogl 8() against finger 29.

The operator now inserts the edge of the goods to be measured throughthe rear open ends oi' slots 15 and brings the goods forwardly until thesame occupies a position betweenl the vrollers 18 and 25. The'v block 35is now moved downward and pin-36 (Fig.

4which is provided with a cutting edge 84 sult the columns of iiguies onthe `face of i said @hert which indicate the totel-ninoui'its 9)engaging with iinger 33 shifts dog 30 so as to release finger therebypermitting frame 24 and pressure roller 25 to move downward under theinfluence ot' spring 27 Fig. 6)

it will be understood that the roller 25 v,en,,iji'agqns on top-of thegoods end presses the saine against the surface of roller 18 :ind thisfrictionel engagement with said iast inen.v tioned roller cgiuses theseine to roteteas `the goods is pulled through the machine.

The operator now engages the end of the piece of goods and pullstliesaine toward the right hund, ut the saine time manipulating the boltof goodsl which is located to the left hund of the machine so that saidgoods will feed or travel in :i proper mii-nner to the niechine andbetween the rollers. During this time, the operator glances :it thehands travcling over the concentric dials and thus readily ascertainsthe amount of goods be ing measured ofi'. As roller 18 rotates under thefrictional engagement with the goods, shait i7 and wormv 19 are rotated,thus drivin worm wheel 2O which in turn opera-tes `"t ie total countingwheels conte-ined within housing 21 (Fig. 4). aPinion 40 (Fig. 5) onshaft 17 drives pinion 41., the saine meshing with pinion 43, thusrotating shaft 42 and pinion 46 carried by the end of this lestmentioned. shaft drives pinion (Fig. i) which meshes with pinion 4.8,und thus rotary motion is imparted to gear wheel 49 which: meshes Withpinion 50 und the lutter meshing with pinion 5l. This lust mentionedypinion is mounted on shaft 52 which carries-beveled pinion 56, thesaine meshing with beveled pinion 54, the hub of which carries pinion55. y l

Sleeve 57 is fixed t`o pinion and lin-nd or pointer 58 carried by saidsleeve will. be

moved over the outer row ci." iqures on the dial, thereby indicating thenumber of inches of goods es the suine is drawn through the machine.Pinion drives Igeur wheel (i5,

` `the sume carrying pinion-6G und the hitter i .drives gear wheel G()which lixed to sleeve 59, the hitter carrying hund or pointer (Sl. I

`The i'eliitive sizes of the piiiioiis und gear wheelsjust mentioned issuch that-sleeve 5S) carries hand or pointer (il so iis to trzii'el thedistance oit one spiice or division on the inner row of figures on thedini and which inner row indicates yards. During` this lmoveiiient,pinion 48" drives geur wheel ,8O V(Fig. 4), thereby iiiipiiitiiiiri,lrotary movement to druiii 79 und :is zi iesiilt,'tlie iieXible member'or chart 78 is uiiwound from druin 75 and winds onto said drinn 79,:ind :is a reto be charged for the ii'ieiisured goods will insegne hand.edge oi? the strip 73. @tiring this movement of drinn 75, spring- 76will be wound upwitliin its housing 77.

Allihen tlieproper amount of yards has been drawn .through the machineand indicated by the lie-nds 58 and 6l on the circuler dials, thesalesman glances :it the number on the strip 73 which corresponds to theprice per yard et which the oods is sold und then notes immediately tovthe right 'of this nuniber, the number in the column on the chart, thusinstantiy ascertaining the total amount to be charged for the goodsmeasured.

It will be understood that the columns of figures on the chart are madeup und are in proper relation to the column of price numbeis appearingon the strip 73, and these numbers can vary according to the class oitgoods to be measured with the machine.

When the piece of goods has thus been properly measured, the operatorhears downward upon the outer end of lever 87 (Fig. 5) thereby tiltinofsaid lever and mov ing therear end of ptlate 83 (Fig. 8) upward, therebycausing the forward edged portion of said plate to move downward pastedged erin 82 nd consequently forming e cut in the edge of the goodswhich serves to guide the salesmen in severing the ineasured piece ofgoods from the plate.

Simultaneously with this depression oit lever 87, link 91 .is drawndownward, theren by tilting lever 92 (Fig. G) and the forward free endthereofv will engage beneath pin 26, thereby elevating the seine, thei''rnine 24 und pressure rollt-11525, thus freeing' the goods andpermittin both the end di? the bolt and the measuret piece to beremoved.

When frame 24 has been elevated to the position shown in Fig. 7, theupper end of ,dog 30 will rengage benen-th finger 29, thereby holdingthe frame und pressure roller intheir elevated positions.

To bring the various'piirts of .the machine back to noi-unil positions:ind the hands 58 and 61 'to zero positions, the operator. de-

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the total cost of e piece of goods, the exact length of which isknown,the operation can be performed vby engaging the dish 72 be tween thethuhib and forenger und rotating shaft 69, which ectioii imparts rotaryincense A cloth measuring and computing niai-` chine of my improvedconstruction is comparatively simple, is very compact, saves much timeand labor in measuring and computing the cost of piece rate inoperation, and. is effective in eliminating the cutting .off of' short'and l overgoods, is acculength pieces of goods by a salesman, andlikewise eliminates mistakes in calculating the total cost ofodd'lengths of goods at' a price per yard which 'runs into fractions.

it will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form-andconstruction oftlie various parts of my improved machine can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described, Withoutdeparting fromthe spirit'of my invention, the scope `of which is set forth in theappended claims. l

7l claim: i'

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with arotarymember adapted to bc actuated by the movement of the goodsto bemeasured, of'a dial, an index hand movable over the dial, means foreffecting a movement of the indicating hand .corresponding to theinoveifnentA of the rotary member, a stationary price scale, a chartcooperating with said .pricei scale, which chart `bears rou-'si of uresindicating price totalsof yards of goo. s and fractional parts nthereof, a pair of drums on which said chart is. mounted, means fordriving one of said' drums and for imparting movement to said.

chart corresponding to the movement of the rotary member and the indexhand, and manually operable means I.independent of the said rotatablemenibei1 for actuating the` index banda-nd the chart.

2. In al machine of the' class described,` av

rotary member adapted to be actuated by the movement of goods throughthemacliine, means including tvvo sets of figures and a pair of index'hands' for indicating yards `and fractional parts thereof, pricecomputing means including a stationary price scale and a coperatingmovable chart bearing rows of numerals indicating price totals of 'yardsof goods and fractional parts thereof, a pair of drums upon which saidchart is mounted, driving means from the rotary member to one lof saiddrums .for actuating said chart, a total 'counting mechanism. and

means adapted to be actuated by the rotaryl member simultaneouslyoperating the index hands, and the total countingmeclianismrespectively,

3*. In a machine of the class described, a rotary member adapted to beactuated by the movement of the goods through the machine, meansincluding a' pair'ofv dials 7o and a pair of index hands for indicatingyards and fractional parts thereof, price computing means including`astationary price scale,\a cooperating movable chart bearing rows ofnumerals indicating price ytotals of yards of goods and fractional partspair of drums "on which the is mounted, a. total counting means adaptedto be actuated -moveinent of goods through the ,machineJ 'a dial, anindicating hand ooperatin with the rotary member for simultaneousiy saiddial, price computing means inc uding a stationary price scale and acoperating movable chart including rows of nl;- inerals indicating pricetotals of yards of goods and fractional parts thereof, a pair of drumsupon Whichsaid chart Vis mounted,

a spring connected. to one of said drums for imparting movement theretofor the purpose of rewindiiig the chart thereon, means` connecting saidhand with said price coinputiiig means so that when the price com-10o 'lputin@ means is set backy to zero said hand Will a so be set bach to'zero a driving connec'tion ,for driving said hand and said chart fromsaid rotary member, and means for disc'onnecting the driving con- 105vnectioifi to permit said spring to set back the pricezcomputingl meansand 'sa-id hand to the zero position. t A.

' 5. In amachine of the class described, a

rot-ary` member adapted to be actuated by the movement of goods throughthe machine, a dial, an indicating hand cooperating With said dial,price computing means including a stationary-price scale and acooperating indicating `price totals of yards of goods and fractionalparts thereof, a pair of drums" upon which said chart is mounted, aspring-I connected ,toone of said drums for imparte.

rewinding the chart thereon, means connecting said hand with said pricecoinputf ing means so that when. the price compu-t-` ing means is setback to zero said hand vWill movable chartincluding rows of numerals11E.

ing movement thereto for the purpose of also be set back to zero,a'driving connection 125 for driving said hand and said chart from saidrotary member including a pair of norinaliy meshing gears, a rockingplate carry ling one of said gears and means y'for roclf:` mgv saidplateto-separate sald gears and permit said spring to set back the pricecomputing means and said hand to zero positionA independently of saidrotary member.

y rfn a machine of the class described9v a rotarymember adapted to beactuated by the movement of goods through the Ina-4 ohiie, a dial, anindicating hand cope ab ing with said dial, price computing meansincluding a stationary price scale and a eooperating movable chartincluding rows of numerals indicating `price totals of yards of goodsand fractional parts thereof, a. pair ot drums upon which said4 chart 1smounted,

y a spring connected to one of said drums for imparting movement theretofor the pur-V pose of rewinding the chart thereon', means connectinglsaid hand with said price computing means so that when the priceconrputing means .is set back to zero said `hand is simultaneously setback to zero, a driv-v lng connection tor driving sald hand and saidchart from said. rotary member, means for dlsconnectlng the said drivingconnec tion at the will oi the operator, and manl this 4th day-ofFebruary Legame ually operated means for simultaneously driving saidhand and said price computing means when the same aredisoonnectd fromsaid rotary` member.

7. Inl a machine of the class described, a rotary member mounted so asto be actuated by .goods passed through `the machine, a-

sprnig-pressed frame adjacent to said rotary member, a roller carried.by said spring-v pressed :frame for engaging the goods to press thesame against the rotary member a catch for engaging said frame to holdthe I same and-the pressure roller away from the rotary. member7manually operated means for releasing said catch,v and manually op4'erated means for moving the pressure roller. .and the frame away fromthe rotary 1nem-

